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Roads: Accidents

Volume 472: debated on Tuesday 4 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) drivers, (b) passengers and (c) pedestrians aged (i) 16 or under, (ii) 17 to 20, (iii) 21 to 25, (iv) 26 to 30, (v) 31 to 35, (vi) 36 to 40, (vii) 41 to 45, (viii) 46 to 50, (ix) 51 to 60, (x) 61 to 70 and (xi) 71 years or over were (A) killed and (B) injured in a road accident in each of the last five years; and how many drivers in each age group were convicted of an offence of driving while intoxicated owing to (1) alcohol and (2) drugs or other substances in each such year. (191394)

The numbers of (a) drivers, (b) passengers and (c) pedestrians aged (i) 16 and under, (ii) 17 to 20, (iii) 21 to 25, (iv) 26 to 30, (v) 31 to 35, (vi) 36 to 40, (vii) 41 to 45, (viii) 46 to 50, (ix) 51 to 60, (x) 61 to 70 or (xi) 71 years or over that have been (A) killed or (B) injured in a reported road accident in 2002 to 2006 are shown in the table.

Number of casualties

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Casualty class/Casualty age

Killed

Injured1

Killed

Injured1

Killed

Injured1

Killed

Injured1

Killed

Injured1

Driver or Rider

16 or under

42

7,679

39

7,855

46

7,880

44

7,396

59

6,650

17-20

244

20,889

268

20,459

235

20,891

259

21,610

259

21,207

21-25

251

23,796

258

23,228

269

22,863

250

22,344

288

21,253

26-30

249

23,110

234

21,054

190

19,670

209

18,631

179

18,255

31-35

221

23,763

237

21,955

223

20,465

192

19,153

187

17,376

36-40

210

21,155

227

20,550

229

19,611

201

18,531

184

17,801

41-45

160

15,768

170

15,826

161

15,602

156

15,795

150

15,183

46-50

110

11,817

131

11,717

96

11,492

113

11,558

135

11,555

51-60

191

17,118

210

16,828

175

16,602

206

16,339

180

15,724

61-70

110

7,305

118

7,393

99

7,216

98

7,097

117

7,171

71 or over

172

5,565

167

5,523

180

5,406

187

5,303

150

5,175

Total2

1,975

180,557

2,067

174,898

1,913

170,159

1,918

166,291

1,892

159,631

Passenger

16 or under

111

17,733

99

16,649

81

16,068

84

14,418

94

13,522

17-20

144

12,697

160

12,209

187

11,939

148

11,770

141

11,862

21-25

103

9,482

109

8,673

86

8,718

101

8,212

87

7,812

26-30

47

6,348

45

5,876

51

5,261

46

5,127

40

4,885

31-35

34

5,047

36

4,817

29

4,357

25

3,939

25

3,538

36-40

28

4,437

16

4,210

27

3,864

18

3,649

21

3,405

41-45

20

3,495

24

3,345

15

3,188

19

2,989

18

2,835

46-50

14

3,107

17

2,980

15

2,893

17

2,725

12

2,604

51-60

37

5,423

27

5,219

33

4,818

27

4,669

33

4,499

61-70

34

4,240

46

4,111

20

3,924

34

3,671

30

3,471

71 or over

101

4,829

84

4,606

90

4,463

91

4,121

101

3,838

Total2

681

80,608

667

76,570

637

73,250

612

68,915

605

65,294

Pedestrian

16 or under

88

15,052

86

13,420

92

13,080

73

12,053

85

10,904

17-20

44

3,114

62

3,000

34

2,991

58

2,828

36

2,748

21-25

60

2,839

51

2,790

45

2,676

40

2,622

49

2,462

26-30

36

2,314

40

2,161

34

2,022

34

1,852

29

1,843

31-35

33

1,935

33

1,981

34

1,840

35

1,761

39

1,612

36-40

48

1,895

40

1,745

40

1,720

27

1,654

47

1,504

41-45

40

1,490

36

1,412

35

1,376

38

1,422

32

1,325

46-50

41

1,287

41

1,240

32

1,141

31

1,193

37

1,158

51-60

79

2,123

82

2,049

63

2,007

71

1,972

54

1,887

61-70

63

1,706

61

1,688

61

1,493

64

1,464

53

1,426

71 or over

235

2,967

237

2,820

196

2,626

196

2,487

212

2,363

Total2

775

38,009

774

35,631

671

34,210

671

32,610

675

30,307

1 Seriously or slightly injured

2 Includes cases where age is not reported

Information on convictions for driving while intoxicated owing to alcohol or drugs for the drivers in the aforementioned table is not available. Information on convictions is provided by the Ministry of Justice. The data are not linked to personal injury road accident data.

The latest available information held on convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs by age groups from 2001-05 is provided in the table. 2006 data will be available later this year. The data provided cover both drink and drugs offences combined, as volumes of convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs separately cannot be accurately established.

Findings of guilt at all courts for driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs1 by age group, England and Wales, 2001-05

Number of offences

Age groups

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

16 or under

612

616

679

624

577

172 to 20

10,294

10,611

11,109

11,011

10,779

21 to 253

16,123

17,395

18,414

18,942

18,681

26 to 30

13,881

14,547

14,508

14,785

14,348

31 to 35

12,137

13,014

13,447

13,541

12,601

36 to 40

10,442

11,131

11,623

11,786

11,232

41 to 45

7,608

8,262

8,711

9,526

9,285

46 to 50

5,462

5,894

5,957

6,290

6,338

51 to 60

6,182

6,791

7,014

7,289

7,303

61 to 70

1,616

1,862

1,834

2,037

2,138

71 and over

385

362

405

407

436

Total

84,742

90,485

93,701

96,238

93,718

1 Data covers summary offences of driving etc after consuming alcohol or taking drugs (which cannot reliably be distinguished separately).

2 Age 17 used as default age when date of birth is not known for a juvenile.

3 Age 25 used as default age when date of birth is not known for an adult.

Notes:

1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings, in particular summary motoring offences, is less than complete.

2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Source:

Ministry of Justice